A photographic dive into the avant-garde of a New York at the height of its decadence and cultural importance.
Eric Kroll is a name familiar to anyone with even the most vague interest in contemporary photography, he has several high profile best-selling books with houses like Taschen to his name ("Fetish Girls" anyone?) and his work has featured in countless magazines over the years.
The New York Years showcases a side of his work that hasn't been widely publicized before. In the late 70s and early 80s Eric Kroll found himself at the very heart of a cultural eruption in NYC, with his camera ever at the ready he has documented the work and private pursuits of luminaries from the Stones to the Dead Boys, Blondie,
Andy Warhol and
Keith Haring. Madonna, Kenneth Anger, Grace Jones and
Robert Mapplethorpe all feature in this stunning collection of mostly never-before seen photos. Dive into a world that no longer exists from the sleazy underbelly to the high-brow art galleries, in a New York at the height of its decadence and its cultural importance. A unique book, a journey, an experience.
Featuring
Vito Acconci,
Afrika Bambaataa,
Rashied Ali,
Kenneth Anger,
Patti Astor,
Joseph Beuys,
David Bowie,
Mike Bidlo,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Eric Bogosian,
Brassaï,
James Brown,
Shirley Clarke,
Cro-Mags,
Christo & Jeanne-Claude,
Merce Cunningham,
Robert Crumb,
Walter De Maria,
Jackie Curtis,
Luis Frangella,
Futura 2000,
Dian Hanson,
Richard Hambleton,
Keith Haring,
Debbie Harry,
Grace Jones,
Richard Kern,
André Kertész,
Henry Kissinger,
Shigeko Kubota,
Greer Lankton,
Fran Lebowitz,
Madonna,
Ann Magnuson,
Robert Mapplethorpe,
Taylor Mead,
Malcolm Morley,
Charlotte Moorman,
Yoko Ono,
Nam June Paik,
Anton Perich,
Kenny Scharf,
Annie Sprinkle,
The Dead Boys,
The Rolling Stones,
The Velvet Underground,
David Wojnarowicz,
Kurt Vonnegut,
Andy Warhol,
Dondi White...
Eric Kroll (born 1946) is an American photojournalist, photographer famous for his fetish work, erotica historian, and book editor.
